Biography

Biography: ELON MUSK How the billionaire CEO of SpaceX and Tesla is shaping our future Written by Ashlee Vance Who has the goal of eradicating global warming, reducing the risk of human extinction and establishing a colony on Mars? Elon Musk does. Does the name Elon Musk mean something to you? I’m sure everyone has […]

‘Conversations with Myself draws on Mandela’s personal archive of never-before-seen materials to offer unique access to the inner world of an incomparable world leader.’ Title: Conversations with Myself Author: Nelson Mandela, Ruth Hobday (Foreword by Barack Obama) Date: 2010 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Availability: Available to borrow off the shelf from the NSLF library

This Reading features excerpts from Abraham Lincoln: Theologian of American Anguish by Elton Trueblood, along with The Gettysburg Address and Second Inaugural Address and a Foreword by Trinity Forum Senior Fellow Alonzo L. McDonald. Many books have been written on Lincoln, but few cover his spiritual journey. Elton Trueblood’s excerpts document how Lincoln’s faith deepened […]

Birth of the Chaordic Age is a novel written by Dee Hook who is convinced we can and must create the kinds of organisation that a liveable world demands. Dee Hook skilfully weaves together the story of VISA with his own remarkable life story and presents practical concepts and ideas that constructively challenge our beliefs […]

Buffett is the enthralling story of the life and investment philosophy of America’s most successful stock picker. Wall Street Journal reporter Roger Lowenstein pierces the veil if secrecy of this immensely private man, and explores his human qualities, patience, loyalty, integrity, conviction–and shows that they were always as important as his nimble mind. Title: Buffett […]

Banker to the poor is Yunus’s own enthralling story: of how Bangladesh’s terrible 1974 famine underlined the need to enable its victims to grow more food; of overcoming scepticism in many governments and in traditional economic thinking; and of how micro-credit was extended into credit unions in the West. Title: Banker to the Poor Author: […]

A remarkable account of the life and achievement of an influential reformer, William Wilberforce. A man of faith who made an indelible difference, Wilberforce was instrumental in the abolition of slavery in the British Empire. Title: William Wilberforce Subtitle: A Man Who Changed His Time Author: John Pollock Format: Book Year Published: 1996 Publisher:Trinity Forum […]

A short biography that offers readers a profound look into the life of the twentieth-century Christian apologist, scholar, philosopher and writer, C.S. Lewis. Title: C.S. Lewis Author: Catherine Swift Format: Book Year Published: 1989 Publisher, City: Marshall Pickering, London Access: Borrowable from the Library of the National Student Leadership Forum

The heavenly man is the intensely dramatic story of how God took a young, half-starved boy from a poor village in Henan Province and used him mightily to preach the gospel despite horrific opposition. Title: The heavenly man Subtitle: The remarkable true story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun Author: Paul Hattaway Format: Book Year Published: […]

Joseph Assaf has been a long time supporter of the National Student Leadership Forum. As a speaker and small group facilitator with his wife Angela, Joseph has a wonderful way of relating to young people from diverse backgrounds, encouraging them to share their stories and lives and learn from one another as they do so. […]

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The NSLF Library is an ongoing database of material that we have built over the last 15 years. If you would like to borrow any of the written resources from the Library, please contact our librarian by phone (02) 9499 9300 or email librarian@nslf.org.au.
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